Archive for October, 2017

The History Department at Ohio University announces two new courses that are being offered for the first time in Spring 2018. HIST 2950 The Calamitous Fourteenth Century: Famine, Plague, War, Rebellion Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the methods and sources used in the study of history. Students […]

Ali Khaledi Nasab, graduate student in Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, was invited to give a colloquium talk on Oct. 3 at the Department of Physics at the College of Wooster. His talk was on “Emergent stochastic oscillations and signal detection in tree networks of excitable elements.” Nasab’s adviser is Dr. […]

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor of English at Ohio University, contributed to The Guardian’s article on “Lecturers recommend: non-western cinema that every student should see.” Marciniak’s recommendation was “The Business of Fancydancing,” U.S., 2002, directed by Sherman Alexie. She wrote: Sherman Alexie is a Native American poet, novelist and filmmaker. Fancydancing was […]

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, had the recent opportunity to organize and preside over two symposia at SciX 2017. SciX is an annual conference organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS). The two symposia organized by Stender were […]

More than 30 years ago, Dr. Elliot Abrams founded the OHIO Archaeological Field School. The program since has excavated almost two dozen archaeological sites, trained 345 undergraduate students in archaeological methods and preservation, and made significant contributions to our understanding of the prehistoric past. The Field School in OHIO Archaeology Affinity […]

Many students, staff, and Athens residents take pleasure in seeing free films the Sustainability Film Series puts on every other Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. However, very few know the work that Ohio University Libraries, Environmental Studies Department, and the Athena Cinema put into making these […]

The Spring 2018 courses that fulfill requirements for the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate include three courses. Students and advisors interested in learning more about the MENA studies certificate should consult the requirements and contact the coordinator of the program, Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish at abuz@ohio.edu. CLWR 4330 – Political […]